Sen. Talent I Beg to Differ

Contributed by the Cranky Liberal via Bring It On

Sen. James M. Talent (R-Mo.), praising the [Church] report [on
prisoner abuse and torture] , said he did not "need an investigation
to tell me that there was no comprehensive or systematic use of
inhumane tactics by the American military, because those guys and gals
just wouldn't do it."

Oh?

Then I guess those 71 substantiated cases of abuse in Iraq and
Afghanistan just happened in a vacuum?

Or maybe it's because our guys
are so poorly trained and out of control that they have just gone wild
on their CO's? Maybe they just decided that they would disobey an
order to treat prisoners with at least the minimum of humane treatment
they deserve?

Well no that doesn't jibe with the fact that we have one of the best
trained, best run fighting forces in the world. Our folks don't often
disobey orders and start free lancing on policy.

Actually in a backhanded way I agree with Senator Talent. Maybe it
wasn't Senior Pentagon officials, but one step further up the chain of
command. The real culprit is the complete disregard for proper
protocol and human decency shown time and time again by this
Administration that led to these problems. Alberto and Rummie and
George all with their "ah a little torture never hurt no one" attitude
set a tone they filtered it's way down to the guys risking their
lives.

The Administration betrayed those captives. It betrayed the soldiers
who used torture as a tactic. Most of all, they betrayed us. No matter
how the report tries to obscure that.

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